CVE-2013-3525

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in Approvals/ in Request Tracker (RT) 4.0.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ShowPending parameter. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "We were unable to replicate it, and the individual that reported it retracted their report," and "we had verified that the claimed exploit did not function according to the author's claims.

Published: 2013-05-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-3525 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.81%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.28% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-3525

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38459 exploit_db edb 2013-04-11 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-3525

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.52% 2.81% +1.28%
2 2025-06-30 2.77% 1.52% -1.24%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.77% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-3525

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-3525

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-3525

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-3525 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (request-tracker3.8, request-tracker4), 26 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 12, not-affected 7, ignored 5, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3525

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-3525

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical request_tracker <= 4.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.15 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.16 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-3525

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